“Of Days Gone By” by Richard A. Henry is now available for purchase
“Unfortunately, I never got to know my father either. He was murdered one night while on his way home from visiting a few friends over in Black Bohemia, a name given to the neighborhood situated on the west side of Manhattan, between Twenty-seventh and Fifty-third streets. At the turn of the century, it was the center of the Negro section of New York City.”
– an excerpt from book
Author Reputation Press is honored to publish “Of Days Gone By” by Richard A. Henry. This masterpiece is a delightful and informative reading. One will walk away from the novel with the knowledge that African-Americans have a valuable legacy well worth passing on to their own children. The book is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the ARP website.
Richard Henry was born, raised, and educated in New York City. After his service in the United States Marine Corps, which included a tour in Viet Nam, he returned to New York, where he worked as a teacher coordinator at Alternative High Schools.
In 1983, he moved to Oklahoma to serve as the Director of Alternative Dispute Resolution for four counties under the direction of the Oklahoma State Supreme Court. In 1990, he moved to California and set up a training program for formerly incarcerated youth.
In 1992, he served as the “Economic and Business Development Coordinator” for military base closures. He published his first book of poetry, Beyond the Skull, in 1976. His first novel, Of Days Gone By, was first published in 1990, followed by his second novel, Short Timer, in 2002. His third book, The Extraordinary Life of an Extraordinary Bear, was published in 2022.
“Of Days Gone By” is a poignant and enlightening novel—rich in history, warm in characterization, and strong in the sense of family.
Centered around New York City at the dawn of the Great Depression, the story depicts the warm, close relationship between a young boy abandoned by his mother after his father’s tragic murder and the gentle, loving grandfather who raised him. Through the grandfather’s storytelling, the boy learns of his own rich and colorful history—his great-grandfather’s involvement in the Underground Railroad, his great-grandmother’s journey from Africa to America, and the multitude of changes that took place before and during the Civil War.
“Of Days Gone By” by Richard A. Henry is now available for purchase via ARP Bookstore: https://authorreputationpress.com/products/of-days-gone-by.